Los Angeles Dodgers minors supervisor Juan Apodaca won the Arizona Complex League supervisor of the year after leading his group to a 40-20 season and the league title.
After making the front runner in the postseason, the Dodgers’ rookie-level affiliate won 3 straight video games to clinch the title.
The club routed the ACL Diamondbacks 7-6 in Game 2 of the ACL Finals at Camelback Ranch Complex.
The 2024 title was the 3rd crown for Los Angeles at the ACL level. It was the very first champion for the Dodgers rookie-level affiliate because 2018.
The ACL Dodgers ranked in the leading 5 in various offending classifications this season. The club led the league in on-base portion with a .395 clip.
The offending supremacy moved the ACL Dodgers in their very first 2 video games of the postseason. The club beat the ACL Giants 7-1 in the semifinals and got Arizona 8-1 in Game 1 of the Finals.
“First of all, I want to thank God for letting us be part of this victory. Second of all, I want to thank all of our staff that helped us to make this happen,” Apodaca composed in a post by means of his Instagram. “Thank you for letting me be part of this special team. I want to thank my family for always being there and supporting me. For the players, for me it has been a huge honor leading you and for all of your trust in me. We are the champions.”
The Dodgers revealed that Apodaca would be signing up with the minors training personnel in February. The 37-year-old changed Jair Fernandez as supervisor of the ACL Dodgers. Fernandez was called the supervisor of the Dodgers’ High-A affiliate at Great Lakes for the 2024 season.
Apodaca formerly was a bench coach for the Oklahoma City Dodgers in 2022 and the Tulsa Drillers in 2023.
Apodaca is a previous minors gamer himself. He invested 9 seasons in the minors and reached Triple-A in 2013 with the Durham Bulls.
The catcher struck a combined .250 with 40 crowning achievement and 212 RBIs. He likewise invested 14 seasons in the Venezuelan and Mexican Leagues, where he tape-recorded 52 homers and 316 RBIs in 603 combined video games.
Apodaca started his profession with the Boston Red Sox in March of 2010. He signed as a worldwide complimentary representative out of Caracas, Venezuela.
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